Clarence G. Burton

Clarence Godber Burton (December 14, 1886 – January 18, 1982) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Burton moved with his parents to Lynchburg, Virginia, at an early age.

He engaged in the hosiery manufacturing industry, becoming treasurer of a firm in 1907 and president in 1921.

Burton was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress on November 2, 1948, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Lindsay Almond, and at the same time was elected to the Eighty-first Congress.

He served as director, American Federal Savings and Loan Association from 1924 to 1968, and chairman until 1980.